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Persephone Theatre

Photo Courtesy Rich LaBarca under Creative Commons License

Persephone Theatre was created in 1974 as a non-profit organization dedicated to producing professional live theatre productions. In its early years, Persephone mounted productions both at the Mendel and the University’s Greystone Theatre.
In 1983, Persephone bought and renovated the Westgate Alliance Church into its own theatre. [...]

Amigo’s

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Amigo’s Cantina is one of Saskatoon’s landmark bars and restaurant. It’s basically been on the corner of 10th and Dufferin nearly forever and is well-known for the alternative bands that pass through on a near daily basis. If you’re looking to hear some amazing music, this is definitely one of the [...]

Saskatoon Blades

The Saskatoon Blades have been playing hockey in Saskatoon since 1964. Playing for 24 years in the old Saskatoon arena rink, in 1988 the Blades moved to their current home Credit Union Centre (renamed from SaskPlace in the mid 2000’s). The team is part of the Western Hockey League (WHL) which encompasses 16 [...]

SIR (Saskatchewan International Raceway)

SIR is Western Canada ’s oldest drag strip, founded in 1966, and is located 13 km south of Saskatoon off of highway 11. It is owned and run by the Saskatchewan Drag Racing Association (SDRA) whom have made several improvements to the facility over the years such as guard rails, a computer timing system [...]